Why most behavior plans suck. (Oh, but not yours, I'm sure yours is great) belongs in serious BCBA study because it shapes whether behavior-analytic decisions stay useful once they leave a clean training example and enter home routines, treatment sessions, interdisciplinary consultation, and health-related skill support.
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Join Free →This presentation exams the most common problems plaguing behavior plans today. This includes problems within the writing/wording of the plan itself of course, but also all the inherent problems encountered when attempting to translate a static piece of paper into dynamic behavior change. A variety of topics will be covered including but not limited to problems in assessment, plan writing, staff training and management, behavior plan feedback, medication issues, medical factors and the "mental illness whipping boy" who takes the fall when the behavior plan fails. Participants will gain a much greater appreciation for the ways plans can fail to produce behavior change and how to avoid these common pitfalls. Learning Objectives: List at least 5 areas that cause plans to fail Explain why the concept of "attention" can be problematic in assessment and plan writing Explain why behavior analysis should not be excluded as a treatment modality simply because of the presence of mental illness diagnoses.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1.5 | General |
Dr. Merrill Winston is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst who has worked in the field of Developmental Disabilities for over 35 years. He has worked in small group homes, large residential facilities, secured facilities, family homes, and schools and has worked with a broad population who exhibited behavior problems that ranged from mild to life-threatening. Dr. Winston is comfortable working with both verbal and non-verbal individuals and both children and adults with a range of diagnoses. His strengths are relating to direct-care staff in a manner that sets them at ease as well as working in real-time with children and adults. Dr. Winston excels in public speaking and has given numerous presentations at various professional conferences throughout the country. His areas of interest are crisis prevention and intervention, psychotropic medication usage with special populations, and the development and implementation of training programs designed to increase the skill levels of parents, professionals, teachers, and direct-care staff.
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All behavior-analytic intervention is individualized. The information on this page is for educational purposes and does not constitute clinical advice. Treatment decisions should be informed by the best available published research, individualized assessment, and obtained with the informed consent of the client or their legal guardian. Behavior analysts are responsible for practicing within the boundaries of their competence and adhering to the BACB Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts.